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Teach 4/4 load of upper level courses in business law and dispute resolution. Advise students and student organizations. Research and professional publication in related subjects and in the use of technology to enhance teaching. Teach graduate course in business law in Masters of Accounting program. Continue to provide professional mediation services and mediate as civic volunteer through Mountain Mediation. Direct undergraduate research projects and supervise Honors level undergraduate projects. Serve on University's Academic Integrity Board. • Coaching: Coached collegiate Mediation Teams winning 6 national and 3 international titles. Results: International recognition for a regional university.• Championship: Launched university’s first collegiate Moot Court Program. Result: New opportunity for student achievement.• Curriculum Design: Designed three new courses over a 2 year period. Results: Increased student enrollment and retention.• Managed: Student research project selected for national conference and as one of five university wide (from more than 400) to be featured in the university’s first Discovery Forum.

Direct pre-law program. Design and teach graduate and undergraduate law, business and interdisciplinary courses. Advise students and student organizations. Faculty leadership in key committees. Research, write, publish and present scholarly and professional work. Serve as a liaison to the business / legal communities and to the professional schools. Design and deliver community education programs and events. Professional speaking, radio and television appearances to promote the institution.• Managed: Recognized the factors keeping SU students from admission to law school and launched 3 programs and a line of direct communication to address them. Results: Every student who applied was admitted.• Leadership: Elected to chair Faculty Affairs Committee (faculty governing body) Results: Acquired the skills and developed the best practices essential to leading organizations.• Teaching and Instruction: Created a teaching method that builds student confidence and increases content mastery of difficult material by researching content delivery and teaching methodology and doing independent research using 2 student groups. Results: Increased performance on the Master Field Exam from below the national average to 14% above.• Creative Problem Solving: Created a new name, JURIS, and a series of law related special events for students and the public. Results: The pre-law program became highly regarded throughout the campus and local community and annual enrollment increased from 1 to 42.• Curriculum Design: Designed ten new courses over a 6 year period. Results: Increased student enrollment and retention.

Commercial, Labor, and Employment LawPrivate practice of law, as managing shareholder, and as an independent certified mediator. Counseled and advised clients. Recruited, trained and managed legal, paralegal and support staff. Prepared cases for trial and was lead counsel at trial. Negotiated commercial contracts and collective bargaining agreements. Directed client development and retention, marketing and advertising. Oversaw budgeting, overhead management, billing, accounts receivable and all strategic planning and decision making. • Martindale Hubbell AV Rated.• Legal Expertise: Won 10 jury trials in federal court over a 6 year period by recruiting, training and managing the litigation support team. Results: Increased word of mouth client referrals to the firm 6 fold over a 10 year period and increased total firm revenue by over 150%.• Championship and Winning: Guided a multi-employer construction industry bargaining through a protracted strike and grievance process by creating the collective bargaining strategy and the strike management, and resolving the grievances. Results: The employers broke the strike and an agreement with the union was reached that enabled them to survive and thrive.• Organizational Development: Designed a unique document production and retention system for an employment practices law firm by dividing the file and document management system into its component parts and identifying and correcting the inefficiencies. Results: Increased billable time which increased revenue and decreased support overhead for the firm by 10%.• Client Development: Determined that no other legal service provider was targeting highly compensated individuals as employment law clients and created a marketing strategy for reaching them. Results: Increased client retention and revenue by 150% over 3 years.• Creative problem solving: Created 12 month client-need focused advertising campaign. Results: Increased retention and revenue.